Saturday, October 19, 2013

Welcoming Families Around the World


You are working in an early childhood setting of your choice—a hospital, a child care center, a social service agency. You receive word that the child of a family who has recently emigrated from a country you know nothing about will join your group soon. You want to prepare yourself to welcome the child and her family. Luckily, you are enrolled in a course about diversity and have learned that in order to support families who have immigrated you need to know more than surface facts about their country of origin.

The name of “your” family’s country of origin

            France

At least five ways in which you will prepare yourself to be culturally responsive towards this family

            1. One way I will prepare myself for this family is for me to know how the weather is in France. In France their winter is really cool and their summer is mild.

            2. Another way to prepare myself for this family is to make sure I know about the different foods that are popular in France.

            3. The third way I would prepare myself is to know more about the languages spoken in France and which ones are more dominant.

            4. The forth way to prepare myself is to learn more about the school systems.

            5. The last way to prepare myself for this family is to let them know about the driving in France and the justice system.

A brief statement describing in what ways you hope that these preparations will benefit both you and the family

I hope that these preparations will benefit both me and the family is through letting them know that they will be safe because I have knowledge about the different systems in their country. Another way that I hope these preparations will benefit me and the family is by showing them that I know everything there is to know about their country so if they have any questions they could come to me with them.

3 comments:

  1. Why do you think it is important to know what the weather is like there? Is that one of the most important aspects you think an individual should know about a different culture? If not, what do you think is the most important aspect to know?

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  2. Your #5 confused me a little. Would you tell the family about driving in France or is that something you would learn about? If it is something you would learn, how would that be important in making them feel welcomed in your class? What role does social justice play in your understanding of their country?

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  3. I enjoyed reading your post. I liked how you talked about the weather and other differences such as driving that the student may have to adjust to being in the US. Thank you for sharing.

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